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Only the Freelander 1 and 2. The others will be eaten alive by rust worm.
Freelander 2 (LR2) What should I look for?
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Only the Freelander 1 and 2. The others will be eaten alive by rust worm.
You know I have come across the worm previously.
When I was an apprentice I was shown a large iron casting and told that the holes (porosity) was down to metal worm and I needed to keep looking at the holes and when they pop up hit them with a hammer.
I dont know who was kidding who, them for saying it was metal worm or me for knowing it is really the Larva of the metal worm that causes the holes.
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freelanders rust anorl, as you well knowOnly the Freelander 1 and 2. The others will be eaten alive by rust worm.
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I replaced that bolt with a newun and all is now ok.freelanders rust anorl, as you well know
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Hippo what bolt is it will I have to change my one? What sort of time to change and what cost?I replaced that bolt with a newun and all is now ok.
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I scratched one of the wishbone bolts on the roof of a tratter when I drove over it at the Freelander 20th celebration at Gaydon motor museum.
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Oh that's OK then, I bet that sealed the sun roof on the tratter. What was the tratter doing at the Freelander 20th celebration anyhow?I scratched one of the wishbone bolts on the roof of a tratter when I drove over it at the Freelander 20th celebration at Gaydon motor museum.
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We burnt a tratter on the camp fire at the end. Sacrifice to the lr gods. Earlier in the day we had a parade of Freelanders with the option to jump a tratter as part of the route.
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That sounds fun.
I bet you had to dry it out before it would burn.
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Usual rust worm holes int floor allows it to drain out like a colander. The seats are like ole park benches so there's no material on them
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What was left after the burn? anything useful? other than the obvious more space to park a Freelander in.
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Surprisingly most of the metalwork was still there. The fire din't get that hot. There were several oles int chassis but this may be due to patching it with a Weetabix box.
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P38's are less rust-prone than many others of the marque I think.
At least, that's what my perception is. I could very-well be wrong; often am.
At least, that's what my perception is. I could very-well be wrong; often am.
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One of the many idea's copied from the Freelander development team by the pegasus development team.
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Freelander's cannot rust. Their chassis are made from recycled egg-boxes, they just go soggy and collapse after a short while.
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Didn't you listen to Hippo - Freelanders don't have a chassis, they must be rather, erm, floppy! However, the doors do fall off when they get soggy.Freelander's cannot rust. Their chassis are made from recycled egg-boxes, they just go soggy and collapse after a short while.
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Our fantastic Freelander's are unibody. Tis a method of constructing a vehicle with the chassis rails built into the monocoupe body work. So we has the best of both worlds.
And the doors dun't fall oft.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3akCBYWFds
And the doors dun't fall oft.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3akCBYWFds
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Don't you get a little bit jealous because if you were in a Defender you would have had the carpets freshened up at the same time no extra cost. Drying them would be a little difficult with no heater but you would soon sort that come the summer.
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Nope. I have got a pig but he doesn't cr*p in ma hippo. He's very respectful of it. Tratter pigs cr*p in their tratters to fend oft the smell of the owner.
I'll likely be extinct in 50 years.Motorists are a dying breed - they will be extinct in the next 50 years.
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